Telling Stories with Maps at OpenGovDC

More effectively communicating about your data with custom, interactive maps

At the almost sold out OpenGovDC conference this Tuesday, we’ll be participating in the session Telling Stories with Maps, discussing how geospatial information can be presented to improve communications and advance policy and transparency. We’re strong proponents of the idea that data should be dynamic and browsable. With emerging open source mapping tools that make it easier and more affordable to create interactive custom visualizations of data, the days of presenting data in spreadsheet tables and screenshots of maps are over. We’re looking forward to talking about the technology powering this shift, but more importantly about the communications gains to be had by presenting data in custom interactive maps.